Match-machine.



No. 881,334. PATENTBD MAR. 10, 1908.

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- MATCH MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1905.

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UNITED STATE-1ST rn'rnn WILLIAM HENRY PARKER, OF PASSAIO, JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO DIXIE MATCH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MATCH-MAGI-IIN E Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1905.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 247,429.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PARKER, of Passaic, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedMatch-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a machine for making matches, and is animprovement on a machine illustrated and described in the patent grantedto me on January 17 1905,

. N 0. 780,223, and is particularly designed to make matches accordingto the process described in my Patent No. 780,224 dated January 17,1905.

The, machine is particularly intended to take two strips of veneer, feedthem simultaneously, one strip over-lapping the other, cut them off andthen feed the-splints, at a right angle to the veneer in close contactand r0 l them up in a coil of tape, each alternate match projecting fromthe same side ofthe roll whereby the necessary spaces are preservedbetween the heads of any two matches by the intervening match.

The machine is further designed to provide a chute that can be removedquickly in case it becomes clogged or to furnish different sizedmatches.

The machine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of the machine Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 inFig. 1; Fig. 3 1s a vertical section of the chute; Fig. 4 is a top viewof the same; Fig. 5 is a face view of the veneer feeding guideway; andFig. 6 is a perspective of the two parts or plates comprising the chute.

In the drawings 10 is a suitable frame, in the upper part of which is journaled a shaft 11, which in turn is driven by the pulley 12. Thepreferred form of construction of the pulley is shown in Fig. 2,thepulley being loose on the shaftand actuated by means of the bellcrank connected to the rod 12 leading down to the foot piece 12. It willthus be seen that by the operation of the foot piece the pulley 12,which is constantly in motion, is thrown over against the cone'12 whichis keyed to the shaft and the machine is thus operated. On the shaft 11,nearly in the center, is arranged an eccentric 13 that imparts areciprocating motion to the block 14 to which is secured the knife 15,this construction embodying the cutting mechanism. I also secure to theshaft 11 a gear 16, which is in mesh with the gear 17 on the shaft 18,to the bottom end of which is arranged a worm gear 19 that, in a steadyrotation, provides an intermittent motion to the gear 20. The gear 20,through the train of gears 21, rotates the shaft 22 of the lower one ofa pair of feed rolls 22 these two feed rolls 22* being kept in unison asto their motion by a pair of gears 23. The pair of feed rolls isjournaled in an arm or arms 24 provided with the weight 24 and operatedby the handle 25 which can be held in its raised position by the stop26, this enabling the raising of the upper feed roll when it isnecessary to insert any new strip of veneer to the veneer table. Theveneer is fed from two rolls placed on suitable shafts 27 that arearranged at any convenient point on the machine on suitable brackets. Ihave lettered the two strips of veneer with a small a. It will be seenthat this device furnishes an intermittent feeding of the veneer andthis intermittent feeding being arranged to take place on the withdrawalof the knife from the veneer table.

A stud 14 is arranged on the block 14 and it serves to hold a bolt 28that operates a leaf 29 that is returned normally by the spring 29, thisleaf serving to force on the completion of the cut, the severed splintsdown through a chute 30. described in detail hereinafter, and is onlymentioned here in a general way. On the shaft 22 of the lower veneerfeed roll are arranged a pair of sprocket wheels, one of which 31,operates by means of a chain 32, sprocket wheel 33, on a shaft 34 thatextends through the machine transversely, and on the opposed side of theweb has a sprocket 35 which, through a chain 36 and a sprocket 37,rotates a shaft 38. This shaft 38 is supported on the end of a lever 39which is pivoted on the shaft 34 and is normaly held upward by theaction of a weight 40 which, through the medium of the rope or cable 41,and the pulleys 42, tends to pull up on the lever 43, which is alsosecured to the shaft 34, all this mechanism operating to hold the end ofthe lever 39, up against the end of the chute. The shaft 38 holds theblock 44 on which is wound the roll of splints 45, this roll having anintermittent motion through the medium of the chain and sprocketspreviously described. The tape of the splint roll is fed over a roll 46after passing through the feed rolls 47, the upper one of Whichcan beraised by means of the handle 48, for the insertion of the tape and isoperated by means of the chain 49 running over a sprocket wheel 50 andback onto a sprocket 51 on the lower shaft 22 of the veneer chute rolls.This insures a proper and sure feeding of the tape, the tape preferablypassing through a guide 52 and being supported on the shaft 53 of asuitable standard 54. This machine thus provides a steady intermittentfeeding of the veneer, of the tape for the splint roll and of the rollitself, and at the same time furnishes a positive feeding of the cutsplints through the chute into the splint roll.

As the roll enlarges, it will be seen that it is slowly pressed awayfrom the roll 46 and the chute 30 by the reason of this enlargement, andits weight slowly balances the power of the counter weight 40, and whenit gets to that point where the preponderance of weight might be on theside of the roll, the weight 40 has risen to a point where the rod 55has raised enough for the end of the spring 56 to come in engagementwith the under edge of the web 57. The engagement of the spring wouldthen compensate for the surplus weight that a large roll would entail,the pressure of this spring being regulated by the nuts 58.

The particular construction of chute is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and6, and it is composed of two plates 59 and 60. The plate 60 has oneither end a flange 61, each flange being perforated as at 62, andthrough these perforations can be placed a pin 63 fitting on one endinto the fixture 64 and projecting on the other into a suitable similarfixture or into the body of the machine 65. This construction allows aquick removal of this plate 60 and consequently the whole chute, as thefront plate is fastened to the plate 60 to form the chute. In case of aclogging of the chute or a necessity for changing, the advantage of thisquick removal feature will be apparent.

On the opposed side of the plate 60 is a cutaway portion 66 having theend flanges 67, these providing, with the plate 59, a way or chutethrough which the splints are arranged to pass. This plate 59 has aspring 68 fastened to its inner side, this spring being preferably splitas shown, to provide a spring action the whole length of the duct orchute and insuring a steady holding of the splint during their wholepath of travel. The curved spring arms 69 and 70 on the plates 59 and 60respectively, lead the web of splints down into the splint roll and theymaintain a grip on the splints by their own resilience. The passage ofthe cut splints through the chute is insured by the plate 29 actuated asbefore described, by the bolt or finger 28. The plate 29 is cut away toavoid the projecting springs, but has the necessary fingers to projectin so as to engage the match at two or three different points along itslength to insure the straight passage of the splints. On the outside ofthe plate 59 I arrange the springs 71' that are bent over at the topinto the noses 72, the office of these being to prevent the catching ofany splints on the plate 29, and their being pulled out of the chute onthis plates return in fact, prevents any of the splints getting out thetop of the chute.

As described in my previous patent for a process of making matches, Iarrange a veneer table with space for two strips of veneer, butting upagainst the staggered end pieces 73 and 74 of the plate 75, the opposedside being made flush as at 76, but I employ two springs 77 for onestrip of veneer and 7 S for another, these being held securely by meansof the screw 79 or any similar means and these springs serve to hold theveneer strips up against these staggered edges on the other side of thetable and it will thus be seen that the strips are fed in their properrelation, so that when out off they present a pair of strips, theopposed end of each one overlapping that of the other, and these, whenplaced in series and wrapped into a roll with tape to form anintervening medium, form a web showing on each side the alternate headsof the matches projecting for the purposes of dipping.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

In a match machine, the combination with the coiling means, of a counterweight to balance the coil, and a tension spring thrown into action bythe movement of the counter weight, and adapted to augment the'action ofthe weight.

WILLIAM HENRY PARKER.

V Vitnesses FRED. M. GREGG, CHARLES W. HYNUR.

